Garnet Lacey 03 by Romancing The Dead-2008

Author:Romancing The Dead-2008 [Dead-2008, Romancing The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-25T02:51:32+00:00

Alison pulled herself up to her full height. “It’s forbidden.”

“We’ll just watch,” Traci said, hopping on the balls of her feet with unrestrained glee. To me, she asked, “What do we need to do this?”

“This is unacceptable,” Alison said. “I won’t be party to it.” With that, she turned on her heels and slammed the door.

Traci and I looked at each other. “Are you going to get in trouble?” I asked her.

“Don’t worry about it. Sebastian has called it quits. I’m not a supplier anymore. Rules no longer apply. Anyway, there’s no harm in watching, is there?”

Other than the fact that it seemed a bit voyeuristic? I shook my head. “I’ll need something reflective. Traditionally, scrying was done with a crystal ball, but I could use a mirror or even water in a bowl.”

“I have a crystal ball,” Traci said. “Let me go get it.” Traci returned with a concrete statue of a dragon wrapped around one of those garden “gazing globes” of metallic purple. “Will this do?”

“It’s, uh, fine,” I said. I grabbed the statue. “Let’s do this,” I said, thinking that I wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible.

Not ten minutes later, Traci and I sat on a stiff upholstered couch in a chilly living room staring at the dragon ’s ball. Traci had insisted in getting dressed in a belly dancer skirt and shawl that dripped with bangles and beads. She also put some kind of humpback whale song on the stereo to get us “in the mood,” and I guess because she thought I needed it to be magical.

I felt vaguely silly. Still, if it would help find Sebastian, I was all for it. Traci asked me what else I might need, and I just raised my hand dramatically to hush her. I closed my eyes briefly. I could feel Lilith loosen within me, like a spring uncoiling. I focused my thoughts: Where are you, Sebastian?

I opened my eyes. There was only a reflection of darkness, and then I caught the flash of a wolfish grin. It was there for only a second before it was gone. But I instantly knew it wasn’t Sebastian’s.

It was Micah’s.

6.

Mars

KEYWORDS: Violence, Power, and Animal Nature

I stood up. “I’ve got to go,” I said.

Traci was thrilled. “You saw something! Ohmigod! What did you see?”

Explaining Micah was far too complicated. “I’m not sure, but I saw someone I know. I think he might have some answers.” Traci nodded solemnly. “You have to go,” she agreed. “Do you need a ride anywhere?” Even though I wanted to find Micah as quickly as possible, the thought of spending another awkward ride in a stranger ’s car—

particularly a stranger who was quite so into me —made me shake my head vehemently. That kicked-puppy look threatened to surface on Traci’s face, so I said, “This is something I have to do alone. I saw it in the crystal.” Of course that was a lie, but Traci bought it. She thanked me several times and offered, very solicitously, that if I needed anything— anything—I should call her.

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